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Régis Joulia

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Our group of research is based at Imperial College and NHLI looking at blood vessels and mast cells in the lungs 🔬 We are funded by the Wellcome Trust, BHF and Acteria foundation.

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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🔬 PhD position at Imperial College London! Uncover how pericytes, mysterious vascular cells, drive asthma inflammation. Use spatial transcriptomics, 3D imaging & transgenic models to unlock new therapies. 3-year funded PhD | Oct 2026 start 👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 📧r.joulia@imperial.ac.uk
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Defining the Immune Functions of Lung Pericytes and Their Dysregulation in Asthma at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Defining the Immune Functions of Lung Pericytes and Their Dysregulation in Asthma at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Starting Monday! Last chance to sign up for this highly rated beginner #bioinformatics course and gain practical omics analysis skills 🚀 Book your place here: bit.ly/46C2QDC
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Helen Stölting @helenisinthelab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Hello world, it's a g̶i̶r̶l̶/̶b̶o̶y̶ PhD baby 🎉 Very elated, proud (and relieved!) to announce that my PhD work is now out in @science.org #ScienceImmunology 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Read to find out how we made EGFR sexy again! 💃 Thanks to all involved @lloydlab.bsky.social 🙏
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Epidermal growth factor receptor controls sex differences in lung type 2 responses to inhaled allergen
Female mice have exacerbated, EGFR-dependent lung type 2 immunity when exposed to inhaled house dust mite throughout sexual maturation.
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
It was an absolute pleasure to hear Ron Germain speak at Imperial College yesterday. His seminar was a brilliant deep dive into immunology and cutting-edge imaging approaches. A real highlight was the chance to discuss science with him afterwards with Peter Openshaw and Cecilia Johansson !
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Gesa Albers @gesaalbers.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I’m so excited to share that my paper on the role of itaconate in allergic airway disease and asthma has just been published in @allergy-eaaci.bsky.social! You can read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #itaconate #allergy #asthma #immunometabolism #innateimmunity
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Joana F Neves @nevesjf.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We are recruiting!!! Postdoc position available in my lab to develop this exciting project with @alexfsantos2401.bsky.social advance our understanding of food allergy and oral tolerance in early life. #ILC #organoids #FoodAllergy www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...
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Research Associate | King's College London
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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Barrier sites under the microscope! 🔬 Discover how our skin, gut & lungs fight infection, heal, and keep our microbiota happy. Don’t miss this session at #BSI25! PS. Early bird registration closes on Wednesday 22 October ⚡
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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Don’t waste your time with formatting changes, submit your format free manuscript to MI and support society-sponsored journals.
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🌟 It was a real pleasure to present our latest spatial data yesterday at the @10xgenomics.bsky.social Single Cell & Spatial Event ! An inspiring day with exciting innovations from 10x, great discussions, and an incredible venue. 🚀 @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social
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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Applications for the Crick PhD programme now open. One studentship available in our lab, starting Autumn 2026. Apply!
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🚨 We are #recruiting! 🚨My lab is looking for a highly motivated Research Technician to join us for the next 3 years. 👉 Apply via the link www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... or feel free to reach out for more information!
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Helen Stölting @helenisinthelab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
New paper alert - congratulations, Franz & team 🥳 Epithelial cell-derived lumican modulates extracellular matrix dynamics in early-life airways disease - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology www.jacionline.org/article/S009...
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Epithelial cell-derived lumican modulates extracellular matrix dynamics in early-life airways disease
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper? You got it: currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Medicine at Cambridge @medcambridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📢 Meet #BSICambridge25 speaker: @regisjoulia.bsky.social Dr Régis Joulia, @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded Group Leader @imperialnhli.bsky.social, will be speaking on mast cells in the lungs at the 2025 Cambridge Immunology Forum. 🎟️ Register now: buff.ly/jhoEQJ0 @britsocimm.bsky.social
Picture of Régis Joulia and text reads: Cambridge Immunology Forum 2025, Dr Régis Joulia, Imperial College London, UK, How mast cells orchestrate and disrupt specialised immune niches in the lungs and beyond, #BSICambridge25, Join us on 23 September.

Also includes logo of British Society for Immunology and Cambridge Immunology Network.
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NHLI @imperialnhli.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
NHLI's Joulia Lab made a short animation explaining what goes wrong in the lungs during asthma! 🫁📽️ Check out how immune cells respond to threats & how asthma treatments work. With thanks to Wellcome Trust & Acteria Watch it here: youtu.be/Skp_CNWOYSA
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What is happening at the lung wall during immune response and what goes wrong in asthma?
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We made a short animation explaining what goes wrong in the lungs during asthma! 🫁🎬 Designed for the public, students & patients—check out how immune cells respond to threats & how asthma treatments work. Big thanks to @WellcomeTrust & Acteria!
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🎉 Exciting news! I’ve recently been elected to the @britsocimm.bsky.social Congress Committee and to the Board of the @societymucosalimm.bsky.social (SMI) representing the voices of ECRs! Looking forward to working with these fantastic scientific organisations. www.immunology.org/news/new-bsi...
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New BSI committee members 2025 | British Society for Immunology
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Axel Montagne @axelmontagne.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🚨 Review Alert *Walking on the tightrope: the shared roles of the bridging pericytes in the brain* Congratulations Audrey Chagnot!! 🥳 Bias aside, this feels like a really meaningful piece for the cerebrovascular field! 😊 www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
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Frontiers | Walking on the tightrope: the shared roles of the bridging pericytes in the brain
The vasculature of the central nervous system (CNS) is a highly specialized structure that delivers oxygen and nutrients to energy-demanding neural cells whi...
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Iannacone Lab @iannaconelab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
1/ 🚨 Hot off the press in Nature Immunology: CD4⁺ T cells can license Kupffer cells to rescue dysfunctional CD8⁺ T cells in the liver. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is just the proving ground—this is a paradigm shift in tissue immunity. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵(1/11)
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨 The Menon lab is hiring a postdoc! Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases @ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Mucosal Immunology :Manchester
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Pallett Lab UCL @pallettlab.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
#Immunologists - have you signed up for BSI's @london-immuno.bsky.social 1d conference yet? Fri 11th July Speakers include: Jan Böttcher, Tao Dong, @labliston.bsky.social, @beecell.bsky.social, Claudia Mauri & Claire Malone REPOST to share as widely as poss www.immunology.org/events/diver...
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Diversity in immunology | British Society for Immunology
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EVBO @evborg.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
#EVBOSeminarSeries Moderated by Joanna Kalucka. Speakers: Ralf Adams and Mariona Graupera. ⏰When: Wednesday, 18th June 2025, 3PM EU time (2PM UK). Place: online. See you there! For registration evbo.org
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natimmunol.nature.com @natimmunol.nature.com · 03/06/2025
Joulia et al use single cell spatial transcriptomics to profile the lung in health and during asthma and identify discrete proinflammatory spatial niches that produce alarmins and chemokines. Read it here: rdcu.be/epjN7 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A single-cell spatial chart of the airway wall reveals proinflammatory cellular ecosystems and their interactions in health and asthma
Nature Immunology - Here, the authors use single-cell spatial transcriptomics to profile the airway wall landscape in health and during asthma. Discrete proinflammatory ecosystems containing...
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Bryan Yipp @bryanyipp.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Our latest work on how nerves safeguard lung fibrosis. Congrats to Dr. Hiroki and collaborators. @cp-immunity.bsky.social @kavithascranton.bsky.social @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgarymed.bsky.social @libininstitute.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
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Nociceptor neurons suppress alveolar macrophage-induced Siglec-F+ neutrophil-mediated inflammation to protect against pulmonary fibrosis
Sensory innervation impacts several lung diseases, but whether it influences pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is unclear. Hiroki et al. report that depletion of TRPV1+ nociceptors leads to worsening of inflamm...
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NHLI @imperialnhli.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Our researchers have created the first high-res map of the lung airway wall, revealing how cell organisation & interactions are disrupted in asthma 🫁 Published in @natimmunol.nature.com, it's a key step towards understanding the mechanisms that drive the disease www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264294/...
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Pioneering spatial map of the airways could transform understanding of asthma | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Researchers have identified distinct differences in the spatial organisation of cells in the airway of healthy people and those with asthma.
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John Tregoning @prof-tregoning.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We have a funded PhD studentship on RSV antibodies working with RQ bio, deadline June 30 www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/stu...
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MRC MultiSci iCASE Studentships
MRC MultiSci iCASE Studentships enable graduates with excellent honours degrees to undertake a three and a half year training programme, which includ...
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨 We did it! Our latest work—led by my lab and the @lloydlab.bsky.social is now published in Nature Immunology! 🎉 Using single-cell spatial transcriptomics, we provide the first map of the airway wall. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #spatialbiology #asthma #mastcells #lungimmunology
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A single-cell spatial chart of the airway wall reveals proinflammatory cellular ecosystems and their interactions in health and asthma - Nature Immunology
Here, the authors use single-cell spatial transcriptomics to profile the airway wall landscape in health and during asthma. Discrete proinflammatory ecosystems containing alarmins, chemokines and a un...
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Here we share our opinions on "Practical considerations for data exploration in quantitative cell biology" journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Joanna, Hanna and I worked quite a bit on this piece and I hope you find it useful Many thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for publishing it
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Practical considerations for data exploration in quantitative cell biology
Summary: We present practical guidelines for data exploration in quantitative cell biology that are designed to help yield reliable conclusions and promote a collaborative, transparent approach to dat...
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Mariem Radhouani @mariemradhouani.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I'm excited to share my first-author PhD paper, now out in Science Immunology! @science.org We show that S.aureus skin infection leaves a lasting imprint on bone marrow eosinophils, fueling allergic responses in the lungs. 📄 Read the full study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Let’s dive in 🧵 1/9
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Eosinophil innate immune memory after bacterial skin infection promotes allergic lung inflammation
Staphylococcus aureus skin infection induces eosinophil innate immune memory to exacerbate allergen-induced airway inflammation.
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Now recruiting! We have a BHF CRE/BRC PhD position open in my group. If you're passionate about exploring how human lung vasculature changes during respiratory disorders using spatial imaging, check out the application below. UK nationals preferred. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Investigation into lung microvasculature heterogeneity and how inflammation impacts spatial interaction. at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigation into lung microvasculature heterogeneity and how inflammation impacts spatial interaction. at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Calum Bain @bainlab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚨 Dedicated BSky account for EMDS2025 launched Please share far and wide. Follow @emds2025.bsky.social for all updates on the EMDS2025: Scotland Edition We have an amazing line up of speakers and are excited to welcome all of you to bonnie Scotland in September! @britsocimm.bsky.social
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Now recruiting! We have a BHF CRE/BRC PhD position open in my group. If you're passionate about exploring how human lung vasculature changes during respiratory disorders using spatial imaging, check out the application below. UK nationals preferred. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Investigation into lung microvasculature heterogeneity and how inflammation impacts spatial interaction. at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigation into lung microvasculature heterogeneity and how inflammation impacts spatial interaction. at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Our review is out in Immunological Reviews! With @lloydlab.bsky.social , we explore how spatial biology in asthma—airway structures & immune cells—could shape future therapies. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10..... Thanks to Wellcome Trust & Acteria. @imperialnhli.bsky.social
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Location, Location, Location: Spatial Immune‐Stroma Crosstalk Drives Pathogenesis in Asthma
Chronic lung diseases including asthma are characterized by an abnormal immune response and active tissue remodeling. These changes in the architecture of the tissue are a fundamental part of the pat....
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 19/02/2025
New article by Cleary, Qiu, Looney et al. reports an intravital microscopy approach for imaging lymphatic vessels in the lungs. This technique can also reveal cellular dynamics in other understudied tissue structures. buff.ly/41msQjZ @maxkrummel.bsky.social
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Here we go, our first #FluorescentFriday in ages!🥳🔬🫁 After moving campuses and setting up our new lab, we're finally up and running again. Enjoy this cool video showcasing immune cells (purple) clustering near degranulated mast cells (green) and lung vasculature (blue) @imperialnhli.bsky.social
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Emily Thornton @emilyethornton.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Since I last posted here I moved to the US and joined Ensocell, an exciting startup with amazing people! UK #immunology #immunosky folks, we are searching for a Senior Scientist, Immunology to join the Cambridge team! Tell your friends! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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Ensocell hiring Senior Scientist, Immunology in Hinxton, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 4:40:07 PM. The OpportunityAre you seeking a role with a company dedicated to unravelling the intricacies of…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Society for Mucosal Immunology @societymucosalimm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Boost Your Career in Immunology with the SMI Mentorship Program and connect with leading experts for career guidance, networking, and growth opportunities -> bit.ly/3orazy8 Also, hear from @regisjoulia.bsky.social‬ on the Mucosal Immunology Podcast: bit.ly/4hkDayE #MucosalImmunology
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Fantastic initiative from @marionbrunck.bsky.social, Agnes Garcias Lopez, @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social , and @societymucosalimm.bsky.social ! I had a brilliant time chatting about mast cells and scientific careers. Don’t miss out— subscribe for the next episodes ! 🎙️🔬
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Régis Joulia @regisjoulia.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We are absolutely thrilled to finally move into our brand-new lab at the Hammersmith Campus! This marks an exciting new chapter for our team, and we can’t wait to collaborate with the incredible scientific community here. 🔬✨ @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Marion Brunck @marionbrunck.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🧪A first episode focused on mast cells in lung #mucosa with emerging leader @regisjoulia.bsky.social sharing his story 😌 to amazing co-host Agnès García López and I Did we give too much clue 🧩 @ashu-mangalam.bsky.social 🐉🐉🐉 ??
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Mucosal Immunology @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our brand new Musocal Immunology Podcast is live! Episode 1 features @regisjoulia.bsky.social chatting with @marionbrunck.bsky.social, @ashu-mangalam.bsky.social, and more @societymucosalimm.bsky.social. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#Pericyte #PulmonaryHypertension 1/2 A subpopulation of Higd1b+ lung capillary pericytes 👉Migrate to distal arteriole 👉Upregulate Vimentin 👉Acquire #SmoothMuscleCell identity (α-SMA, circumferential wrapping) in🐭Hypoxic PH #SciArt Ke Yuan lab @embojournal.org 2025 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Charlotte Scott @charlottelscott.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
With my first Bluesky post, I am very happy to share our latest study led by PhD student Federico De Ponti and postdoc Ania Bujko www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Spatially restricted and ontogenically distinct hepatic macrophages are required for tissue repair
scRNA-seq has uncovered ontogenically distinct hepatic macrophage populations, but their functions remain unclear. Here, De Ponti et al. identify recruited LAMs and resident LAM-like KCs in multiple l...
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Eduardo Villablanca @ejvillablanca.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Dear mucosal immunologists! Registration for the European Mucosal Immunology Group (EMIG) meeting in Aachen, Germany is now open. Register and see you this July in Aachen! 👇🏼 emig2025.de @petterbrodin.bsky.social @wiag.bsky.social @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social @societymucosalimm.bsky.social
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Society for Mucosal Immunology @societymucosalimm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
It's Coming! The Mucosal Immunology Podcast to launch on MONDAY! 🌟 Explore groundbreaking insights and inspiring stories in the world of mucosal immunology - brought to you by SMI and @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social. #MucosalImmunology #SciencePodcast #ImmunologyResearch #PodcastLaunch
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singanayagamlab.bsky.social @singanayagamlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We are looking for a motivated Research Technician to work on bronchiectasis with myself, Anand Shah + excellent team of clinical and non-clinical researchers. Post funded by @The_MRC Details here: imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-in… …. Deadline 18th Feb 2025. Please share!
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Petter Brodin @petterbrodin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
New paper alert 📢! (Cell) @cp-cell.bsky.social - How does immune responses to solid tumors vary by age and tumor characteristics in children?! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵1/8
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Pallett Lab UCL @pallettlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Looking for an #immunology #postdoc? Then I *THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND* @mainilab.bsky.social Incredibly supportive PI & environment Cutting-edge science🧪 (dissecting hepatic #immunity in people w/ #hepatitisB & #cancer) Fab team & collabs Great institute APPLY NOW: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/re...
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UCL hiring Research Fellow (Maini Lab) in London, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 10:45:46 AM. About usApplications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Division of…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Madhvi Menon @madhvimenon.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
🚨 The Menon lab is hiring a postdoc! Interested in mucosal immunology? Come join our team to study lung-infiltrating B cell dynamics in COPD & other chronic lung diseases @ukri.org @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social Please help spread the word #ImmunoSky www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Mucosal Immunology :Manchester
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